Aaron Abe's take on what the Ego is

[Razard86]

The only part I disagree with is his take on what you should or shouldn't eat being ego driven, I also disagree with his take on you not being friend's with your ego. Many on the path mistakenly think that you have to go to war with your ego. You don't, that perpetuates its control, you are supposed to love it to death. Also he's not wrong its a mental program definitely, it has no awareness of its own it needs your awareness to function but here is the tricky part. Your ego has the ability to trigger emotional responses, it even can trigger biological responses as well so getting it to loosen its grip is no small feat. Because that grip is LOVE, and you have no idea how much you love your ego. To discover what isn't ego is to look at what your true nature is.

Your true nature is selflessness, this means your true nature is submission. When you try to rid yourself of ego, that is actually ego because the ego is that which desires control and uses control to meet its objective. But reality is a dream, that is indivisible so how reality actually functions is it controls itself, WITHOUT a controller. This means reality has passive control over itself. The only way for reality to experience its opposite it has to create active control and it does that by creating individuality. 

But then it has another issue, its always safe, so it has to create danger. It's all powerful so it has to create weakness, ......you get the picture. Anyway the only way to connect to God is through submission. Why? Because God is absolute submission so much that God does not exist. So the only way to connect to that which is not of the world, but runs the world is through submission. But remember....the ego is not designed to submit it is designed to compete. So it is counter to its design. 

Now.....compare what was said to this old video by Leo.

https://www.actualized.org/insights/ego-collapse-awakening

Thoughts?

Edited December 4 by Razard86

[Jowblob]

Didn't read or watch the video, the ego is simply your attachment/control to specific reality. In higher consciousness when you're consciously connected to god in higher vibration you will see that you can also call the "ego" your personal inviduality or your personal verhicle. When you change your vehicle to another vehicle more things will open up for you, but you will remain the same. So hating or pointing out ego this or that does more harm then good, you should work with it/accept it but that takes a lot of awakenings.

[Razard86]

50 minutes ago, Jowblob said:

Didn't read or watch the video, the ego is simply your attachment/control to specific reality. In higher consciousness when you're consciously connected to god in higher vibration you will see that you can also call the "ego" your personal inviduality or your personal verhicle. When you change your vehicle to another vehicle more things will open up for you, but you will remain the same. So hating or pointing out ego this or that does more harm then good, you should work with it/accept it but that takes a lot of awakenings.

The whole point of this post was to share differing perspectives on what the ego actually is. If you didn't watch either video...your post becomes pointless. You basically posted just to gain attention and ignored the entire point of this thread. This is a reaction thread. Watch the content and then give your thoughts, not just give your opinion point blank.

Most people already have their own definition of what ego is, the point of this thread was to see where you agree or disagree with Leo and Aaron Akbe's take.

Edited December 4 by Razard86

[Jowblob]

9 minutes ago, Razard86 said:

The whole point of this post was to share differing perspectives on what the ego actually is. If you didn't watch either video...your post becomes pointless. You basically posted just to gain attention and ignored the entire point of this thread. This is a reaction thread. Watch the content and then give your thoughts, not just give your opinion point blank.

Most people already have their own definition of what ego is, the point of this thread was to see where you agree or disagree with Leo and Aaron Akbe's take.

No i posted because i'm tired seeing these threads or people wondering what's ego, and that's what you're doing yourself. Research/watching videos , asking people for opinions. I've explained it in simple words to end your thread.

[Razard86]

9 minutes ago, Jowblob said:

No i posted because i'm tired seeing these threads or people wondering what's ego, and that's what you're doing yourself. Research/watching videos , asking people for opinions. I've explained it in simple words to end your thread.

1. I already know what ego is I have written extensively what it is.

2. I posted this because I have seen that everyone has differing takes on what the ego is.

3. You actually don't know what ego is because right now you are acting out of ego. This is a thread I have created for a specific purpose. To raise awareness on the differing takes on what ego is in the Spiritual Community. But look at your response, your response reeks of a KNOW IT ALL MENTALITY that completely ignores what I am saying. You do this because you are impatient and close-minded and instead of acknowledging your error you double down and repeat the same point.

4. I am not asking for people's personal definition, I'm asking for how their personal definition of ego DIFFERS from Aaron's and Leo's. So stop making assumptions and actually learn how to LISTEN. You have a listening problem and a reading comprehension problem, this is because you assume your point of view is Superior. I don't have that issue. It's why I post links of people because I honor different perspectives.

Edited December 4 by Razard86

[Jowblob]

17 minutes ago, Razard86 said:

1. I already know what ego is I have written extensively what it is.

I've just read you post. Many things are wrong. Hey, but you're imagining your own reality. So whatever fits your boat.

2. I posted this because I have seen that everyone has differing takes on what the ego is.

3. You actually don't know what ego is because right now you are acting out of ego. This is a thread I have created for a specific purpose. To raise awareness on the differing takes on what ego is in the Spiritual Community. But look at your response, your response reeks of a KNOW IT ALL MENTALITY that completely ignores what I am saying. You do this because you are impatient and close-minded and instead of acknowledging your error you double down and repeat the same point.

Yeah assign your mental imagination how i act or what i think, same thing like you did in your second post assigning things on me why i posted. Silly goose

4. I am not asking for people's personal definition, I'm asking for how their personal definition of ego DIFFERS from Aaron's and Leo's. So stop making assumptions and actually learn how to LISTEN. You have a listening problem and a reading comprehension problem, this is because you assume your point of view is Superior. I don't have that issue. It's why I post links of people because I honor different perspectives.

So far all the assumptions that are made in this thread, is you assuming stuff about me and i might have reflected yourself. Silly goose, you're not Razard anymore where is your mafia pic of yourself! The problem is that your ego is soooooo BIG that you can't spare yourself a pointless debate. My old man the obvious ego personality of Razard ahahaha

 

Edited December 4 by Jowblob

[Razard86]

9 minutes ago, Jowblob said:

 

You have a lot of work to do. You are so unaware that your entire message has been, I don't care about the intentions of your thread, I just want to cause some mischief because I am bored. It's good to know....I'll just add you to my ignore list. I only communicate with people who actually give a damn. Something...you are lacking in.....

[Jowblob]

1 minute ago, Razard86 said:

You have a lot of work to do. You are so unaware that your entire message has been, I don't care about the intentions of your thread, I just want to cause some mischief because I am bored. It's good to know....I'll just add you to my ignore list. I only communicate with people who actually give a damn. Something...you are lacking in.....

Lots of kisses and hugs to you, grumpy Razard. So cute

Edited December 4 by Jowblob

[cistanche_enjoyer]

8 hours ago, Razard86 said:

you are supposed to love it to death

It appears he changed his mind:

 

[Razard86]

On 12/4/2024 at 6:17 PM, cistanche_enjoyer said:

It appears he changed his mind:

 

Interesting I'll definitely watch it later.

But after careful investigation I have finally discovered the best definition of what ego is. Ego is that which experiences difference/interprets difference, and that which attempts to hoard/hold onto, anything that appears. You could call it that which holds appearance together, that which stabilizes and creates equilibrium. 

The issue is most humans ego's are designed to create self-serving ideologies. The problem is NOT the ego, the ego is a tool for Consciousness to experience difference. The issue is how the ego is USED. You see people think ego is just selfishness and that if they stop acting selfish they will escape the grasp of the ego...you won't! The ego literally is your reality appearing to be separate. Once you discover for yourself proof that everything is YOU, then you have escaped the egoic interpretation of the world.

But make no mistake, you will still see and experience difference, you are just no longer ignorant of the fact that everything arising is YOU even if it is annoying you or a hindrance of some kind. Oh and one more thing, the more divergent/different a person is, the more their mindset is trapped behind a wall called crazy in comparison to you. So you can be in awe how you as God actually accomplished creating some crazy versions of yourself and the fact you will live their lives as well. 

P.S. Just watched it and he did a good job. His talk is how to embody love in your life which is a wise thing to do. Any resistance to making more loving decisions in your life is ego. The best way to orient yourself is to treat yourself the way you want to be treated, treat those around you the way they want to be treated, if there is conflict attempt to create an equal exchange and if it cannot be reached be the bigger person and walk away. Don't waste your life in needless conflict because everyone around you is YOU living their own life so what is the point of arguing with yourself? So yeah sometimes just let YOURSELF(others)  win and if they are excessive just block them out of your life. 

Edited December 12 by Razard86